Monday, May 08, 2017
The Dudley Hewitt Cup 2017
As expected, the final
game of the Dudley-Hewitt Cup, was a fine dual between two evenly
matched teams, and two great goaltenders. When the final buzzer
sounded, the Trenton Golden Hawks emerged victorious, winning 2-1.
They earned the right to participate in the Royal Bank Cup, for the
Canadian Championship, which will take place this year in Cobourg.
The Georgetown Raiders
put the pressure on the Hawks in the dying seconds, but could not
find the equalizer to send the game into overtime. The Golden Hawks
did not help their own cause late in the third period, taking a two
minute tripping penalty with less than two minutes remaining. Playing
six skaters against four for the Hawks, the Raiders could not get the
puck past Chris Janzen, and had to settle for silver medals. Janzen
was the game MVP.
Chris Janzen-MVP
The Raiders were the
league champions, having defeated Trenton 1-0 in the seventh game of
their final to win the Buckland Trophy. They were led by playoff MVP
Jack Jacombe, their diminutive forward who led the league in scoring
with 91 points. He is headed for Clarkson next year.
Trenton's win was their
second in as many seasons, the first time that has happened since
the 1990s. The other two teams participating in the tournament were
the Powassan Voodoos, and the Dryden Ice Dogs. Dryden will host next
year's Dudley-Hewitt Cup.
Braeden Allkins
Just before the puck
dropped for the final game, I spoke with Dryden's Braeden All kins.
Braeden hails from Golden, British Columbia. The twenty year old
decided before the season to head east to play a year in Ontario. He
led his team with 53 goals, and was the regular season and playoff
MVP. He came third of all the players on the 132 teams playing in the
Canadian Junior Hockey league.
“It was a tough pill
to swallow, not making the final of this tournament,” he told me.
“Both finalists are great teams.” He figured that Trenton might
emerge victorious, only because they were hosting the event, and had
a barn full of supporters.”
Anthony Sorrentino
Trenton opened the
scoring with less than a minute remaining in the first period off a
turnover at the Georgetown blueline. Lanky forward Anthony Sorrentino
ripped a shot that eluded Nicholas Latinovich, slipping between his
pads. Georgetown tied the game late in the second period when Jordan
Crocker wristed a low shot past Janzen.
At the 4:31 mark of the
third period, North Bay's Michael Silvery stood parked on the right
hand side of Georgetown goaltender Latinovich. He made no mistake,
firing the puck into the net for the winning goal.
Trenton Mayor Jim Harrison and John McDonald, Director of business operations
The Royal Bank Cup
opens on Saturday in Cobourg, with the final taking place may 21st.
Perhaps I will see you there!
James Hurst
May 8, 2017.
# posted by James Hurst @ 9:20 PM 
